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Population Review

119th Congress · ME-2

Maine's 2nd Congressional District

Maine's 2nd Congressional District (ME-2) has a population of 687,721. The median household income is $61,795 and the median age is 45.3.

687,721

Population

25

People / sq mi

$61,795

Median Income

45.3

Median Age

ME-2 covers 27,548 sq mi of land at 25.0 people per square mile.

Race & Ethnicity

White92.3%
Black or African American1.4%
Asian0.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)2.1%

Economy & Income

$61,795

Median Household Income

$35,995

Per Capita Income

8.4%

Poverty Rate

2.6%

Unemployment

Housing

$198,700

Median Home Value

$923

Median Rent

74.0%

Homeownership

Education

93.4%

High School+

27.9%

Bachelor's+

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Frequently Asked Questions

Maine's 2nd Congressional District (ME-2) has a population of 687,721 according to the latest Census ACS 5-Year estimates. Each US Congressional District is drawn to be roughly equal in population (~760K people).

The median household income in Maine's 2nd Congressional District is $61,795, with a per capita income of $35,995.

Maine's 2nd Congressional District is 92.3% White, 1.4% Black, 0.0% Asian, and 2.1% Hispanic or Latino, per Census ACS data.

Data for Maine's 2nd Congressional District (119th Congress) from the American Community Survey 5-Year estimates. Land area from the Census Gazetteer files. Congressional districts are redrawn after each decennial Census; the 119th Congress (current) uses post-2020 boundaries.

The this entity record above pulls directly from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. population demographics distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. states, metros, cities, and ZIPs with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, 2026.